Combined clock and loud-speaker unit



Dec. 5, 1950 cs. 0. TANNER COMBINED CLOCK AND LOUDSPEAKER UNIT 2Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 28, 1948 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0 0 0 0 000000 000 0m0w00u00 GraZ/z 0. 727727222 IINVENTOR.

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COMBINED CLOCK AND LOUDSPEAKER UNIT Filed Sept. 28, 1948 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Dec. 5, 1950 OFFICE COMBINED CLGSK AND LOUD-SPEAKER NIT Grathy 0. Tanner, Houston, Tex.

Applicationseptember 28, 1948, Serial No. 51,609

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined clock and loud speaker unit.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved form and construction of clock and loud speaker unit.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved form and construction of clock and loud speaker unit which will be housed within a combined casing or housing for supporting a clock and a loud speaker which will be mounted rearwardly of the clock and in spaced relation thereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved clock and loud speaker unit which will be so arranged and constructed that the back of the clock and the cone of the speaker will lie in spaced parallel relation for directing the sound waves, such as voice and musical programs, through a plurality of grills forming a part of the supporting casing or housing for the clock and speaker.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a combined clock and speaker unit which will be so positioned and arranged that persons listening to programs from the speaker will automatically look in the direction from which the music is coming and thus be caused to look at the dial of the clock forming a part of the unit, thereby noting the time of day or night.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved form of clock and speaker unit which will be housed within a suitable baffie casing or housing, said unit being highly emcient in operation and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and produce.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the combined clock and speaker unit;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the combined clock and speaker unit;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the upper bracket member used for supporting the speaker within the baifie casing, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the lower bracket member used for supporting the speaker within the bafile casing.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding parts.

In carrying out the invention, there is shown and provided an improved form and construction of combined clock and speaker unit including a bafile casing or housing generally designated by the reference numeral I of integral construction, the same being open as at 2 at its rear or back for contacting a vertical supporting wall (not shown), and said casing or housing I being of substantially square or rectangular shape in cross section. V

The top 3 of the casing or housing I and the bottom 4 thereof extend in parallel relation, as do the opposite vertical sides 5 and 6. The top 3 extends forwardly a considerable distance beyond the bottom 4, thus providing a downwardly and inwardly extending inclined front 1 of substantially rectangular shape.

A circular opening 3 is formed centrally in the front 1 of the casing or housing I, the same being formed with an annular interiorly positioned seat 9 about its periphery, as best seen in Figure 2 of the drawings. A plurality of circumferentially disposed grills H! are formed through the front 1 of the casing or housing I about said centrally disposed central opening 8, and said grilles It being separated by the radially extending intervening web portions H.

A clock l2 having a conical back end l3 and circular face I4 formed with a forwardly extending peripheral supporting flange I5 is jadapted to be positioned within the central opening 8 of the front 1 in contact with a circular clock dial or face protecting crystal I6 whose peripheral edge is adapted to seat within the annular seat 9 formed about the opening 8. The front edge of the flange [5 being in looking contact with the rear edge of the crystal It for supporting the same in position. The usual hour and minute hands ll and 18 will be supported for rotation upon the usual arbors I9.

A loud speaker generally designated by the reference numeral 2@ and having the usual cone diaphragm 2| and permanent magnet 22 will be supported by the upper and lower L-shape bracket members 23 and 24, secured to the inside surfaces of the top 3 and bottom 4 of the casing or housing I by means of the screw fasteners 25, while the screw fasteners 25 will extend through the inner ends of the bracket members 23 and 24 and into the speaker 20, thus holding the same in fixed position in spaced relation directly to the rear of the conical back end I3 of the clock 12, with the cone diaphragm 2| and the said conical back end l3 of the clock l2 being in parallel relation one with the other, thus providing a parallel walled sound passage for directing the program from the speaker 20 directly to and through the circumferentially arranged grills H] in the front 1 of the casing or housing I. Since the audible programs from the speaker 20 will be heard from the immediate proximity of the clock dial or face l4, persons hearing the program will naturally look for the source of the program and will automatically see the clock and note the time of day or night. A V

While the; preferred embodiment of the instant inventioiiliis' been illustrated-arid described, it will be understood that it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention thereto, as many minor changes in detail of construction may -beresorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention. 7

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: v

1. A combined clock and loud speaker uii-it' including a housing of substantially rectangular shape in cross section having a downwardly and rearwardly sloping front formed with 'a centrally disposed circular opening therethrough, an annular seat formed about the periphery of said opening in the rear portion thereof, a clock crystal supported upon said seat, a clock mounted in said opening having a face formed with a forwardly extending peripheral flange adapted to engage said crystal and be received in said annular seat, said clock having a rearwardly extending conical back, grills formed in said housing front about said central opening, and

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